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Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Oct 2026, 18:11

R381

53.28107, -8.92388

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (90%).

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2planning files on this houselatest 202490%of home extensions approved nearbyn=58 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–550open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 53 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

Timeline from 1955: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 1991–2000. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of CarrowmoneashBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built2025: 2461758 · extension, approved2024: 2460991 · extension, approved2017: 1 file on Carrowmoneash2019: 3 files on Carrowmoneash2020: 4 files on Carrowmoneash2021: 1 file on Carrowmoneash2022: 3 files on Carrowmoneash2023: 5 files on Carrowmoneash2024: 6 files on Carrowmoneash2025: 2 files on Carrowmoneash2026: 3 files on Carrowmoneash28 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

  1. 2025
    2461758 · extension · approved 2025 · started, not signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2024
    2460991 · extension · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
C3
Zoning · High technology
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningC3 · High technology
What it says

Business & Technology: To provide for the development of business and technology.

Zoned for office, research and development and high-technology manufacturing.

galway county development plan 2022 2028 · 20 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2028

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Galway Metal Company Limited (138 m); Hygeia Chemicals Limited (252 m); Colas Bitumen Emulsions (West) Limited (411 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments1Railway station
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 3 on the draft 2027 map; 3 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
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zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
epa_leapCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 23:09open
rzltCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:59open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.smrCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:23
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bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 88% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site33 decided · more info asked 39%
88% · council 81%
Approved nearbyGalway overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 33 nearby, 5,261 council-wide

Figure 3

Carrowmoneash, file by file since 2017

7 of 8 decided extensions on the road were approved.

28 planning files on Carrowmoneash since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2020 · other extension · approved · 2080No number · 2021 · side · approved · 212470No number · 2024 · other extension · approved · 2460133No number · 2024 · single-storey side · refused · 2460978No number · 2024 · other extension · approved · 2460991No number · 2024 · other extension · approved · 2461758No number · 2025 · single-storey rear · approved · 2560318No number · 2026 · two-storey side · approved · 2660208Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2017 · other work · approved · 171731No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 191130No number · 2019 · other work · refused · 191721No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 1929No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 2030No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20355No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20886No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 221192No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 221265No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2260104No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23241No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360609No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360693No. 12 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360933No. 2 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2361269No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 24255No number · 2024 · other work · refused · 243No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560655No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660097No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660771New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

28 files with "Carrowmoneash" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2017–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: npad, acp · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 6 is asked for more information, which adds about 134 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; If more info asked (1 in 6): 190 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 51–55 (n=49)53 daysIf more info asked (1 in 6)With further information: median 190 days (n=9)190 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off40% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated58 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    6 of 9 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 5 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed9 decided
    6 became permissions
    Approvals appealed5 decided
    0 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R381 with 5 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 10.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 265 m
    2. 20.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 350 m
    3. 30.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 425 m
    4. 4Carrowmoneash, Oranmore Business Park 2660771Approved with conditions · 456 m
    5. 5Carrowmoneash, Unit 12 Oranmore Business Park Oranmore 2660097Approved with conditions · 477 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 23 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    27 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 23 approved, 4 refused. After appeals: 23 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 10 with no start notice found, 10 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT23: lodged → approved4: lodged → refused22: approved → approved3: refused → refused1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal1 refused by the council, approved after an appeal10: approved → no start notice found1: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off10: approved → ran out27 lodged27 lodged23 approved23 approved4 refused4 refused23 approved23 approved3 refused3 refused1 withdrawn1 withdrawn10 no start notice found10 no start notice found1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off2 signed off2 signed off10 ran out10 ran out

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured27 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

      Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

      Sites that could change 3 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 3

      • 10.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 265 m
      • 20.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 350 m
      • 30.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 425 m

      Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).

      Sources: acp, bcms, derelict, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      derelictCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 09:35open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 6 a year; busiest 2024. 85% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 3, 2019: 3, 2020: 4, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 5, 2024: 6, 2025: 1, 2026: 205102017: 2 approved2017: 1 refused3’17*2019: 3 approved3’192020: 4 approved4’202021: 1 approved1’212022: 1 approved2022: 1 refused2’222023: 5 approved5’232024: 4 approved2024: 2 refused6’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 3 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      How we work this out
      Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.
      Sources: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      0
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Galway County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here22
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here10
      Council middle2
      How we work this out
      Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.
      Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      1% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 70% owner-occupied (council 75%).

      Homes built before 1971
      1% · council 23%
      Homes built since 2001
      1% · council 39%
      Owner-occupied
      70% · council 75%
      Rented
      21% · council 18%
      Children under 15
      21% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      7% · council 17%
      Households with 2+ cars
      49% · council 52%
      Work mainly from home
      16% · council 11%
      This small area (262 people)Galway

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067184016

      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 2

          Sources: gtfs, schools, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          gtfsCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:41open
          schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          consultpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:23open
          moderngovpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:24open
          lda_landsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
          cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
          National Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.0——
          Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
          dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
          EPA strategic noise mapsCC BY 4.0——
          Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
          Question 6

          What to ask, and who

          1. Extension (2461758) started Sep 2025, never signed off: is it finished?
            Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. Extension (2460991) approved 2024, not started: still planned?
            Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
            Seller · solicitor
          3. Zoned C3 (high technology), not for homes: could you extend?
            Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
            Solicitor · planner
          4. Any work done without planning permission?
            Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
            Seller · solicitor
          Reference

          Where this is, the terms, the sources

          Townland
          Carrowmoneash
          Electoral division
          Oranmore
          Electoral area
          Athenry-Oranmore
          Council
          Galway County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • 1 job on this site started but never signed off as finished.
          • Zoned C3 (high technology); not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • 3 sites nearby could change: 3 empty zoned plots.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 70% owner-occupied (council 75%); 1% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 1991–2000; 58% drive to work (council 66%); population up 10% since 2016.
          • Around here the council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 5 is asked for more information.
          • 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
          • 10 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
          What the terms mean 5 terms
          • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
          • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
          • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
          • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
          • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
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          Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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          National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
          services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026
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          services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026
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          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
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          Measured
          counted from a public register
          Calculated
          a rate or median we worked out from those counts
          Our classification
          we sorted it by reading each description
          Estimate
          inferred from another source (census, map data)
          Rule summary
          the law, simplified: check before relying on it
          How we work this out
          Generated 10 Oct 2026, 18:11 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.